While not always in agreement with the editorial corner of the Sentinel there is much wisdom in their position concerning big labor's ballot initiatives attempting to write into the Constitution wage and health care provisions that unions know would practically bankrupt many businesses.
While clearly a tactic to fight against a ballot initiative making Colorado a right to work state they clearly would be bad for everyone.
What seems irrational is the idea that a right to work statute or constitutional provision that would allow workers to make a choice on whether or not they belong to a union in their workplace is so horrifying to the big union supporters here in Colorado.
Nevertheless, the ease that ballot initiatives can place verbiage within the state constitution which can only be changed with great effort no matter how unworkable it becomes is troubling.
And while there have been some exceptions, such as Tabor for example, most could be radically misinterpreted or create issues that would take years to unwind.
Ballot initiatives that create or change statutes should be able to pass with a majority and the legislature that muddies with them should do so only with good reason or at their peril.
Amendments to the Constitution should require a higher percent of the populace to pass.
The framers of our own United States Constitution realized this and it's probably time we realized it as well.
